Plum

Variety: Presenta (S)

Species: Prunus domestica

Origin

Breeder, Place

Dr. W. Hartmann, University Hohenheim, Germany

Intellectual property

Artevos, Germany

Parents

Ortenauer x President, 1981

Crossing number

Ort. x Pres. 3, Nr. 375

Property rights

registered for EU plant variety rights

Blossom

Blooming date

early to medium early

Fertility

self-fertile

Fruit

Ripening time

very late, 13. plum week

Scale, shape

medium large, 32-36 mm, 28-37 g, ellipsoid

Colour

blue with heavy bloom, shaded fruits slightly reddish

Fruit flesh

yellow green to yellow, firm, medium juicy

Taste

balanced sugar-acid ratio, even underripe well flavoured

Cracking sensitivity

medium to high when rainy weather conditions occur during harvest time, young trees very sensitive

Stone separability

freestone

Plum pox

tolerant to symptoms of the fruit

Storage

variety with very good storability, under ULO-conditions 6-8 weeks

Tree

Vigour

medium strong, weeping, lots of blind wood, when pruning the old and extremely hanging fruit wood has to be eliminated

Crop load

from an early age high to very high crop load, early thinning is necessary to achieve good fruit size

Evaluation

A late plum variety that is very lucrative to grow due to its high internal and external
qualities and its yield performance make it very lucrative to grow. The very late ripening time requires additional regulation of plum fruit moth. Because Presenta (S) has a tendency to fruit clusters, it is also useful to add further fungicide treatment during humid weather conditions in the ripening period.

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